Spring kyôka surimono for the Hisakataya poetry circle commemorating the ‘opening of the season’ performance at Edo’s Ichimura theatre in 12/1825. The play was Azumi dairi kabuki no shôgatsu (Palace in the East: the theatre New Year), and this snow fight scene was a great hit with the public. Kikunojô is probably playing Hamahagi, wife of Iwai Goden, while Mitsugorô plays Onizuka Hyôgonosuke. Kunisada made a similar diptych of this scene.